Eye mounting for dolls



' June 2, 1925.

L. J. GRUBMAN EYE MOUNTING FOR DOLLS Filed April 5. 1924 INVENTOR Zealfind/nan 5 WW MATTORN I Patented June 2, 1925.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LEO J'. GRUBMAN, OF BELLE HARBOR, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO L. T. GRUBMAN,IN-

CORPORATED, OF LONG ISLAND CITY, NEIV EYE MOUNTING FOR DOLLS.

Application filed April 5, 1924. Serial No. 704,410.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Leo J. GRUBMAN, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of Belle Harbor, county of Queens, State 5 of New York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Eye Mountings for Dolls,of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to eye mountings for dolls and in itsbroaderaspects comprehends the provision of simple and inexpensive meansfor easily, quickly and accurately mounting the artificial memberswithin a doll head for axial oscillation in spaced eye sockets formed inthe head wall.

More particularly, it is the primary object and purpose of my presentimprovements to provide an improved supporting means for the spaced eyemembers, said means including movable pivot members for the support andmanually adjustable means for moving said pivot members into engagementwith opposite sides of the head wall whereby the support is mounted orsuspended for bodily oscillation.

It is also another important object of the invention to provide certainstructural features whereby the spherical surfaces of the individual eyemembers may be initially positioned in contacting engagement with thewalls of the eye sockets, and after the pivot members have been engagedwith the wall of the doll head a slight recession of the eye members ispermitted whereby they may rock or oscillate freely in the eye socketswithout frictional binding contact upon the walls of said sockets.

lVith the above and other objects in view, the invention consists in theimproved eye mounting and in the form, construction and relativearrangement of its several parts as will be hereinafter more fullydescribed, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and subsequentlyincorporated in the subjoined claims.

In the drawing wherein I have disclosed one simple and satisfactoryembodiment of the invention and in which similar reference charactersdesignate corresponding parts throughout the several views:

YORK. A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

Figure 1 is a sectional view through a doll head taken approximately onthe line 11 of Figure 2, showing the improved mounting arranged thereinand one of the eye members being illustrated in section;

Figure 2 is a vertical sectional view taken on the line 22 of Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a rear elevation of the mounting partly broken away and oneof the eye members being shown in section; and Figure 4 is a sideelevation of the mounting.

' For the purpose of illustrating the manner of application of myimproved eye mounting in the accompanying drawing, I

have showna doll head 5 which may bemoulded or otherwise fashioned fromwood pulp, papier-mach, or other suitable composition material. Thefront wall of this doll head is provided with the usual eye socketsindicated at 6, arranged in appropriate spaced relation to the othermolded facial features of the doll head.

The new eye mounting forming the sub ject matter of the presentapplication includes a frame plate 7 which may be of any suitable formand dimensions, but as herein shown, is provided with oppositelyprojecting lateral portions 8 and at itsupper end between said lateralportions with an angularly disposed flange 9. At their lower sides thelateral portions 8 are integrally connected by a central obliquelyextending arm 10 to the extremity of which a suitable weight 11 is fixedin any preferred manner.

Each of the lateral portions 8 of the frame plate is provided with alongitudinally extending slot 12 at the oppositeends of which the lugs13 project from the front side of said plate. The pairs of lugs thusprovided upon each lateralportion 8 of the frame plate are provided withopenings to loosely receive the pivot pins 14. Each of these pivot pinsat its outer end is sharply pointed as at 15 to provide a bearingadapted for engagement in the wall of the doll head in the manner to bepresently described. The other or inner end of each pivot pin, isrounded or convex as shown at 16. In

spaced relation to each end of the pivot pins REISSUED there is provideda reduced portion forming an annular channel or groove 17 thereon.

The individual eye members 18 are in the form of hemi-sp'herical shells,preferably of celluloid or other suitable material which may be readilydie shaped or formed. The shell wall at diametrically opposite pointsand adjacent to its rear open side is provided with the openings 19which are of approximately the same dimension as the maximum diameter ofthe pivot pin 14. In assembling these eye members, they are arrangedupon the front side of the frame plate as shown in Figure 3 of thedrawing, with one side of the shell wall positioned between the spacedlugs 13, while the opposite side of said wall is positioned outwardly ofthe outermost lug 13. In other words, the outer lug extends within theeye shell while the inner lug is exterior thereof and spaced from theinner side of said shell. The openings 19 in the shell wall beingdisposed in registering relation with the openings of the lugs 13, thepivot pin 14 is then inserted through said registering openings untilthe pointed end 15 of the pin projects beyond.

the outer side of the eye shell, and the parts of said pin of maximumdiameter are positioned in the openings 19 in the shell wall as seen 'atthe left hand side of Figure 3 of the drawing.

For the purpose of projecting the plvot pins axially from the positionshown in Figure 3 so as to engage their pointed ends 15 in the oppositesides of the head wall. I provide an adjustable element 20 arranged uponthe front side of the frame plate 7 and having at its upper and lowerends the angularly extending arms 21 positioned respectively throughslots 22 and 23 formed in said frame plate. These slots are separatedfrom each other by means of an integral portion or web 24 on the plate 7which acts as a stop limiting the movement of the element 20. The upperarm 21 on said movable element is provided with an opening to registerwith an opening in the flange 9 of the plate 7 and loosely receives theadjusting screw 25. The other or lower arm 21 of the element ,20 has athreaded opening 26 therein to I'QCGlXQ the threads of the screw 25.

The element 20 is provided at its opposite sides with the cam edges 27which are inclined outwardly and downwardly from the upper arm 21, saidelement 20 having its greatest width at the lower ends of these camedges. Immediately below the cam edges said element is reduced in widthproviding the shoulders 28 thereon.

Assuming that the eye members have been assembled upon the frame platewith the pivot pins 14 as shown in Figure 3 and that the adjustableelement 20 is in its lower position, the mounting is arranged within thedoll head and the spherical surfaces of the individual eye members 18are engaged in the respective eye sockets 6 in contact with thecircumferential walls thereof. It is not uncommon f0: these eye'socketsto be slightly out of alignment with each other, but notwithstandingthis fact, the individual eye members may nevertheless be initiallyarranged with their spherical surfaces exactly concentric with the wallsof the eye sockets. After the eye members have thus been properlypositioned in the sockets, the screw 25 is turned in the properdirection so that the element 20 is moved upwardly upon the frame plateand during such upward movement, the opposite cam edges 27 of saidelement ride against the inner convex ends 16 of the respective pivotpins 14, .thus moving said pivot pins outwardly through the openings ofthe lugs 13 and the openings 19 in the eye shells. In this manner thepointed outer ends 15 of the pivot pins are caused to form bearing seatsin the relatively soft yield-able material of the doll head and whenprojected to such positions, the openings 19 in the walls of theeyeshells register with the annular grooves 17 of the respective pivotpins, thus permitting of a slight recession of the eye shells or aloosening of the same so that they will not frictionally bind againstthe circumferential walls of the eye sockets.

Further. it is to be noted that when the member 20 reaches the limit ofits upward movement so that the cam edges 27 no longer bear uponthe endsof the pivot pins, the inner ends of said pins are then opposed to. therecessed or shouldered edge portions 28 of the adjustable element.thereby permitting of the expansion of the material of the head wallwith which the pointed ends 15 of the pivot pins are engaged so that thematerial is not unduly compressed and the pointed ends of the pivot pinsare loosened in their seats so that they are capable of a free rockingmotion therein.

It will be understood, of course, that the edges of the eye, shells 18at their rear open sides are closely contiguous to the front surface ofthe frame plate so that the eve shells may not rock or oscillate uponthe pivot pins 14 with respect to the supporting frame.

From the above description, it will be apparent that by means of mvimproved eye mounting and the means which I provide for positioning andsupporting the same within the doll head for oscillating movement, theartificial eyes may be quickly and accurately arranged for propermovement. with respect to the walls of the respective eye sockets so asto present a very realistic appearance. Owing to the fact that the pivotpins which support the mounting may be engaged with any part of the dollhead wall. and said wall is not equipped with special seats to receivesaid pins, it is possible to utilize the device even though 'the eyesocket centers-may not be in accurate alignment with each other, thusavoiding excessive waste of materials.

It will be understood of course, that when the device is in the positionshown in Figure 2 with the weight member 11 in contact against the frontwall of the doll head the artificial eyes are in open position in thesockets and when the doll is moved to a reclining or horizontalposition, the weight acts as a pendulum in the usual way to cause anoscillatory movement of the eye mounting so that the individual eyemembers will oscillate about the axial centers of the pins 14, which, ofcourse, are in exact axial alignment with each other. Consequently inthis closing movement of-the eyes, the spherical surfaces thereof movein paths which are concentric to the circumferential walls of therespective eye sockets.

From the foregoing description considered in connection with theaccompanying drawing, the construction, manner of operation and severaladvantages of my present disclosure will be clearly understood. Thedevice consists of comparatively few parts which are of very simpleform, therebyreducing to a minimum the manufacturing cost of saidmounting, while at the same time enabling the eyes to be easily, quicklyand properly mounted within the doll head without requiring the exerciseof a very high degree of skill upon the part of the workman. I haveherein particularly described and illustrated an embodiment of mypresent improvements which is believed to be entirely practical.However, in so far as I am aware, I believe it to be new in the art toprovide a mounting of this character wherein the proper arrangement ofthe mounting as a whole is first determined by positioning the eyemembers in contact with the eye socket walls, and said mountingincluding pivot members and means for projectmg the pivot members intooperatlve til) engagement with the wall of the doll head. It is apparentthat this fundamental idea might be exemplified by means of variousother alternative mechanical structures, and therefore, I reserve theprivilege of resorting to all suchlegitimate changes in the form,construction and relative arrangement of the several parts as may befairly embodied within the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed.

I claim:

1. An eye mounting for dolls including a support, spaced eye members,expansible means on the support extending through the geometrical centerof each eye member and movable with respect thereto into bearingengagement with the wall of a doll head to oscillatably sustain thesupport in definite relation to the eye receiving sockets, and rigidmeans coacting with said expansible means to unyieldingly retain thelatter in opeifative engagement with the doll head wa 2. An eye mountingfor dolls including a support, spaced eye members carried thereby,independent pivot members for said support extending through thegeometrical centers of the respective eye members and axially movablewith respect thereto, and additional means movably mounted on thesupport to coact with said pivot members and axially project the sameinto operative engagement with the wall of the doll head and thereafterunyieldingly resist axial movement of said members from such operativepositions.

3. An eye mounting for dolls including a support, spaced eye memberscarried thereby, independent pivot members for saidsupport axiallycoincident with the geometrical centers of the respective eye membersand axially movable with respect thereto, and manually shifta-ble meanscarried by said support and having fixedly spaced parts coacting withsaid pivot members to unyieldingly hold the same in operative engagementwith the wall of a doll head.

4. An eye mounting for dolls including a support, spaced eye memberscarried thereby, independent pivot members axially movable upon thesupport, and an adjustable means carried by said support and havingfixedly spaced part-s coacting with said pivot members to simultaneouslyproject and unyieldingly hold the same in operativeengagement withopposite sides of the wall of a doll head to thereby sustain the supportfor oscillatory movement.

5. An eye mounting for dolls including a support, spaced eye memberscarried thereby, independent pivot members axially movable upon thesupport, and an adjustable cam element mounted upon the support betweensaid pivot members to coact with the latter and operable tosimultaneously project said pivot members into operative en-' I gagementwith opposite sides of the wall of a doll head to sustain the supportfor oscillatory movement.

6. An eye mounting for dolls including eye members adapted to be engagedin the respective eye sockets of a doll head, independent pivot membersextending through the geometrical centers of the respective eye membersand axially movable with respect thereto for engagement with the wall ofa doll head, each of said pivot members and eye members having coactingmeans effective when the pivot members are projected into operativeengagement with the doll head wall to permit of relative radial movementbetween the eye members and the pivot members whereby the eye membersmay in dependently oscillate about axes not neces sarily coincident withthe axes of said pivot members, and additional means for rigidly fixingsaid pivot members against axial movement from their-applied positionsin the doll head.

T. An eye mounting for dolls including a support, spaced eye members forengagement in the respective eye sockets of the doll head, and a commonmeans for oscillatably sustaining the support in the doll head andpositioning the eye members upon said support, said means includingindependent pivot members extending through the geometrical centers ofthe eye members and axially movable with respect thereto for engagementwith the wall of a doll head to oscillatably sustain the support indefinite relation to the eye receiving sockets thereof, and meanscarried by said support for rigidly fixing the pivot members in thelatter positions against relative axial movement.

8. In combination with a doll head having spaced eye sockets, an eyemounting including a support having spaced eye members thereon ,forengagement in the respective sockets, pivot means mounted on saidsupport for movement with relation to the eye members, and a rigidelement on said support coacting with said pivot means to unyieldinglyretain the latter in engagement with opposite sides of the head wall andthereby oscillatably sustain the support in position with respect tosaid eye sockets.

9. In combination with a doll head having spaced eye sockets, an eyemounting including a sufpport having spaced eye members thereon orengagement with the respective sockets, pivot members laterally movableupon the support, and a rigid means manu ally adjustable relatively tothe pivot members after the eye member-s have been engaged in the eyesockets and slidably coacting with said ivot members to simultaneouslymove sald members in relatively opposite directions into bearing contactwith the head wall to oscillatably sustain said support in definiterelation to the eye sockets.

10. In combination with a doll head having spaced eye sockets, an eyemounting including a support havmgspaced eye shells thereon for initial,frictional engagement with the circumferential walls of the respectiveeye sockets, and means for sustaining said support for oscillatorymovement in definite relation to the eye sockets consisting ofrelatively movable parts mounted uponthe support, and means forsimultaneously adjustlng said parts into bearing engagement withopposite sides of the head wall, each of said parts coacting with one ofthe eye shells and having means cooperating with the walls of the eyeshells when said ing spaced eye sockets, an eye mounting including asupport, spaced eye members, spaced axially aligned pivot rods extendingin alignment with the geometrical axes of the respective eyemembers andeach movable in the direction of its axis in respect to the eye member,an element operatively .mounted upon the support between said pivot rodsand having cam portions coacting therewith, and means for moving saidelement upon the support to simultaneously move said pivot rods intobearing engagement with the wall of the doll head to sustain saidsupport-for oscillating movement with respect thereto.

12. In combination with a doll head having spaced eye sockets, an eyemountin including a support, spaced eye members, spaced axiallyalignedpivot rods extending in alignment with the geometrical axes of therespective eye members and each movable in the direction of its axis inrespect to the eye member, an element operatively mounted upon thesupport between said pivot rods and having cam portions coactingtherewith, each of said rods having a pointed outer end constituting abearing, and means for moving said element upon the support tosimultaneously move said rods axially in relatively opposite directionsand cause their pointed bearing ends to penetrate the wall of the dollhead and sustain said support for oscillatory-movement with respectthereto.

13. In combination with a doll head having spaced eye sockets, an eyemounting including a support, spaced eye members, spaced axially alignedpivot rods extending through the geometrical axes of the respec-,

tive eye members and each movable in the directlon of its axis inrespect to the eye member, an element slidably mounted upon the supportbetween said pivot rods and having cam portions coacting therewith,

'each of said rods having a pointed outer end constituting a bearing,and means for shifting said element upon the support to simultaneouslymove said rods axially in relatively opposite directions and cause theirpointed bearing ends to penetrate the wall 4 of the doll head andsustain said support for oscillatory movement with respect thereto, saidelement at one end of said cam portions being recessed to diminishpressure upon said pivot rods at the end of the camming action.

' 14. In combination with a doll head having spaced eye sockets, an eyemounting including a support, spaced eye members,

spaced axially aligned pivot rods extending in alignment with thegeometrical axes of the respective eye members and each movable in thedirection of its axis with respect to the eye member, anelementoperatively mounted upon the support between said pivot rods and havingcam portions coacting therewith, each of said rods having a pointedouter end constituting a bearing, and a manually adjustable screwmountedupon the support having threaded connectionwith said element tomove the same and simultaneously move said pivot rods into bearingengagement with the wall of the doll head to sustain said support foroscillatory movement with respect thereto. I

15. In combination with a doll head having spaced eye sockets, an eyemounting including a support, spaced eye shells adapted to frictionallyengage with the circumferential walls of the eye sockets, axiallyalinged pivot rods movably mounted upon the support and extendingthrough.the eye shells to retain the latter in position on the supportmanually adjustable means mounted on the support and coat-ting with saidrods to simultaneously move said rods in relatively opposite directionsand engage the rods at one of their ends with the relatively oppositesides of the doll head wall to thereby oscillatably sustain the supportfor movement with respect thereto, said pivot rods each having reducedportions adapted to register with opposite sides of I the respectiveshell walls when said rodsare moved into bearing engagement with theWall of the doll head to thereby relieve frictional pressure of theshell walls against the walls of the eye' sockets.

16. In an eye mounting for dolls, a weighty gravity movable support, eyemembers for engagement in the respective eye sockets of a doll head, anda common means for oscillatably mounting said support within the dollhead and positioning the eye members on said-support,- said meansincluding pivot means extending through the geometrical centers of therespective eye members and axially movable on the support intoengagement with the wall of the doll head, said pivot means and the eyemembers having parts coacting with each other when the pivot means ismoved to its applied position to permit of relative movement of the eyemembers and pivot means radially with respect to the latter, wherebysaid eye members may independently find centers of oscillation notnecessarily coinciincluding pivot means extending through the.geometrical centers of the respective eye members and axially movable onthe sup port into applied position with respect to the wall of the dollhead, said pivot means and the eye members having parts coacting witheach other when the pivot means is moved to its applied position topermit of relative movement of the eye members and pivot means radiallywith respect to'the latter whereby said eye members may independentlyfind centers of oscillation not necessarily coincident with the axis ofoscil lation of said support, and means carried by said support to coactwith said pivot means and rigidly fix the latter in its applied positionwith respect to the wall of the doll head.

18. In combination with a doll head having eye sockets and eye membersadapted to be positioned in the respective sockets and initially engagedwith the walls thereof,

means for supporting said eye members for oscillating movement in therespective eye sockets including a weighty gravity movable member andpivotmeans movably mounted onsaid member and engaged with the eyemembers for movement with respect to be positioned in the respectivesockets and 1 initially engaged with th walls thereof, gravitycontrolled means for transmitting oscillatory movement to said eyemembers, including a weighted support, and a common means foroscillatably sustaining said support within the doll head andpositioning said eye members relative to the support and the walls ofthe eye sockets, said means comprising independent pivot members axiallymovable on the support to their applied positions withrespect to thedoll head wall, said pivot members and the eye members having partscoacting when the pivot members are moved to their applied positions topermit of independent movement of the eye members relative to thesupport radially of said pivot members, whereby said eye members mayfind independent centers of oscillation.

20. In combination with a doll head having eye sockets and eye membersadapted to be positioned in the respective sockets and initially engagedwith the walls thereof, gravity controlled means for transmittingoscillatory movement to said eye members, including a weighted support,and a common means for oscillatably sustaining said support within thedoll head and position ing said eye members relative to the support andthe walls of the eye sockets, said means comprising independent pivotmembers axially movable on the support to their applied positions withrespect to the doll head wall, said pivot members and the eye membershaving parts coacting when the pivot members are moved'to their appliedpositions to oscillatively sustain the support in the doll head whilepermitting of independent movement of the eye members relative to thesupport radially of said pivot members, whereby said eye members mayfind independent centers of oscillation, and means movably mounted onsaid support adapted to be interposed between the pivot members tounyieldingly resist relative axial movement of said members from theirapplied positions with relation to the doll ead.

21. In an eye mounting for dolls, a support having spaced parts to beopposed to v the eye openings in the wall of a doll head,

eye members mounted upon said. spaced parts of the support adapted to bepositioned in the eye openings, and movable means mounted on the supportco-operating with the eye members to hold said eye members and thesupport in assembled relation, said means adapted for movement on thesupport with respect to the eye members into engagement with the wall ofthe doll head to oscillatably sustain the support in definite relationto the eye openings thereof, and means on said support to coact withsaid movable means and unyieldingly hold the latter in operativeengagement with the wall of the doll head.

22. In an eye mounting for doll heads, spaced eye members adapted to bepositioned in eye receiving openings of the doll head, pivot membersassociated with the respective eye members and in axial alignment witheach other. said pivot members adapted for relative axial movement withrespect to the eye members into engagement with the opposite sides of adoll head wall, and a rigid element adapted to be interposed between thespaced pivot members and coacting therewith to retain the latterunyieldingly adapted to be interposed between the spaced.

pivot members to coact therewith and rigidly hold said members againstaxial movement from their applied positions, and an eccentricallyweighted member suspended by said pivot members for oscillatory movementand having spaced portions cooperating with the respective eye membersto transmit oscillatory movement to the lat ter.

24. In an eye mounting for dolls, eye ball members, spaced pivot memberslocated coincident with the axes of the respective eye ball members, andmovable relative thereto into engagement with opposite sides of a dollhead wall to support the eye members for oscillatory movement, and apart adapted to co-act with the pivot members to unyieldingly resistmovement-of the same from their applied positions with respect to thedoll head wall.

25. In combination with a dolls head, having eye openings in its wall,eyeball members within said openings, spaced pivot members locatedcoincident with the axes of the respective eye ball members and movablerelative thereto into engagement with opposite sides of the doll headwall, to sup-' port the eye members for oscillatory movement, andgravity controlled means for oscillating said eye members having a partmovable therewith and co-act-ing with said pivot members to unyieldinglyresist axial movement of said pivot members from their applied positionswith respect to the doll head wall.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention, I have signedmy name hereto.

LEO J. GRUBMAN.

